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October 16, 2007
GCI Seminar |
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The Roots and Resolution of African Conflict
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Paul Tiyambe Zeleza
Professor and Head, Department of African American Studies
University of Illinois at Chicago
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Great Cities Institute, Suite 400 CUPPA Hall
412 South Peoria, Chicago, IL 60607
RSVP
Appreciated: (312) 996-8700 |
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Paul Tiyambe Zeleza will discuss the roots and
resolution of African conflicts as a precursor to two new books, The Roots of African
Conflicts: The Causes and Costs and The Resolution of African Conflicts.
Both books are scheduled to be released in October/November of 2007.
Paul Tiyambe Zeleza is Professor of African American Studies and History
and Head of the Department of African American Studies at UIC and formerly
Director of the Center for African Studies at the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Zeleza specializes in African economic, social and intellectual history,
as well as development, gender, and diaspora studies. He has worked in Malawi, Kenya,
Jamaica, Canada and the U.S and has published extensively. Several of his books have
won distinguished awards. Currently he is working on a global project on African
diasporas in Asia, Europe, and the Americas, funded by the Ford Foundation.
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